Professional Profile

Karen Sando, Pharm.D., BCACP, BC-ADM

Dr. Karen Sando joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice as an Associate Professor in August of 2017. Prior to joining NSU, Dr. Sando worked as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy from 2010 to 2017. Dr. Sando graduated with her Pharm.D. from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in 2008 and went on to complete a PGY-1 focusing in ambulatory care in 2009. From 2009 to 2010, she worked as an Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist at Shands Jacksonville providing clinical services in anticoagulation, diabetes, and pain management. After joining the faculty at UF in 2010, Dr. Sando provided clinical services at UF Health Family Medicine at Old Town and other UF Health family medicine clinics. She directed a PGY-1 residency program focused in ambulatory care and academia from 2010 to 2013 and then went on to direct an ASHP-accredited PGY-2 in Ambulatory Care from 2014 to 2017. Within the curriculum, Dr. Sando directed various skills laboratory courses and contributed lectures in ambulatory care topics in multiple courses. She remains actively engaged in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Dr. Sando has published in the areas of diabetes management, hyperlipidemia, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Research Interests keywords:

Performance-based assessment (including objective structured clinical exams), use of technology in the classroom, scholarship of teaching and learning, pharmacist impact on diabetes management